An Army of Joyce

I was in the Phoenix area recently for book events, and I had the good fortune to see one of my most enthusiastic and loyal readers, Joyce. Every author should be lucky enough to have an army of Joyce on his side, and I've been extremely fortunate to have many readers like her who are so wonderfully supportive.

Since my visit, Joyce has: launched a campaign to build a book club of 100 Brian Freeman readers at her work place (she's already past 20); charmed the manager of the local B&N into ordering more copies of my books and getting him to read me; written to the book reviewer at her local paper to suggest (it may be "demand"!) that she review The Burying Place when it's released; and sent an e-mail with review clips and a link to my web site to 50 of her friends.

Wow! I've told Joyce that I'm investigating cloning, and I may send her to New York to work for my publisher. I also promised that if she can get 100 Freeman fans in a book club, I'll certainly make the trip back to Arizona to meet them. (In the winter, of course...I'm no fool.)